A Canadian model who attempted to have her eyeball “tattooed” purple several months ago now says she is at risk of losing her eye entirely, after months of “excruciating” pain and compromised vision.
Catt Gallinger from Ottawa is recovering slowly but steadily over the past month following her decision to get a sclera tattoo, which colors in the whites of the eye.
Calling the decision a ‘massive mistake,’ Gallinger shared the horrifying results of the procedure on social media.
The images, posted to her Facebook wall, shows the 24-year-old former pet nutritionist in various stages of recovery following a visit to the hospital last month when she complained of purple discharge oozing from her eye.
Medical professionals administered antibiotics drops to the affected area and sent Gallinger home. But shortly after receiving the treatment, her eye became swollen shut.
Doctors then gave Gallinger steroid drops to alleviate her symptoms, but after three weeks the purple tattoo began to congeal around her cornea, blurring her vision and causing intense discomfort.
Physicians told Gallenger that her eye has sustained permanent damage and will either have to ‘go completely or stay a blurry mess.’
She is hopeful, however, that surgery will prevent her condition from getting worse.
Doctors believe that the size of the needle, depth and amount of ink used caused the initial symptom.
They fear that an infection is stuck in the excess ink, which contaminated Gallinger’s eye through equipment not properly sterilized.
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